All 17 Uses
positive
in
Hopeless, by Colleen Hoover
(Edited)
- I just swiped my card and I'm almost positive she should be doing something on her end, but she's too busy planning her wedding with this guy to remember she has a customer.
p. 26.1positive = certain
- I absolutely, positively hate this beautiful, magical feeling.
p. 53.4positively = with certainty
- I try to stay positive about it, but it's hard seeing the interactions and relationships the other students have at school that I'm not a part of.
p. 80.2 *positive = optimistic (or feeling good)
- Prepare to be bombarded for the next six months with endless annoying texts of nothing but positive affirmations about Sky.
p. 87.9positive = optimistic or agreeable
- I can get used to these daily positive affirmations.
p. 88.7
- I'm almost positive I already drank up the stash I bought yesterday.
p. 117.1positive = certain
- The bearer of my daily doses of positive affirmation.
p. 130.3positive = optimistic or agreeable
- I'm so acutely aware of everything about him in this moment that I'm almost positive I could pick his thumbprint out of a lineup.
p. 140.5positive = certain
- I want to know why he never apologized, because I'm almost positive I would have given him at least one more chance.
p. 165.7
- I'm still not positive why he's here, because he's not even talking, but he knows I'm awake.
p. 170.8
- When he turns around, I'm positive my facial expression is stuck between an OMG and a WTF.
p. 190.3
- I want you to be absolutely positive it's what you want.
p. 234.7
- I've never been more positive of anything in my life.
p. 235.3 *
- She begins to shake her head, and I'm almost positive she knows I know, but I don't stick around to find out.
p. 279.4
- Actually, I'm positive I've moved beyond that, but I'm still not ready to say it to you.
p. 287.8
- Being six years old, I was positive adults knew everything, so I didn't say anything else about it.
p. 290.8
- I'm not sure if the fact that he was high up in law enforcement had anything to do with the dismissal, but I'm almost positive it did.
p. 387.9
Definitions:
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(positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)
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(positive as in: had a positive effect) good or beneficial
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(positive as in: positive feedback from my boss) approval or agreement
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(positive as in: a positive attitude) optimistic (expecting or focusing on good things); or agreeable
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(positive as in: The test came back positive.) found a condition or substance to be present
indicating the presence of something being tested for -- especially a disease, condition, or substance -
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(positive as in: a positive number) greater than zero (of a number)
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) See a comprehensive dictionary for less common meanings of positive including some in the fields of electricity, physics, chemistry, medicine, philosophy, and grammar. Note that most all senses of positive indicate that something is good or present.